As the Dragon Boat Festival approaches, the drums of the dragon boats are accompanied by the fragrance of the rice dumplingsCinemaThe fragrance of Komiks is floating in every corner of the land of Guangdong, and the lively Babaylan‘s “Dragon Boat Season” href=”https://comicmov.com/”>Komiks gradually kicked off. Among many dragon boats of different shapes, Komiks “Swallowtail Dragon Boat” has become the most unforgettable Dragon Boat Festival memory for fresh people with its unique local characteristics. Regarding the origin of “three-person swallow-tailed dragon boat racing”, although the “Cinema Qingyuan County Chronicles” of the Republic of China said, “There are also small boats, and three or five people cut them away, and there is no dragon shape. This is purely a play of fighting power and a custom of Yangzhou.” However, field investigations found that its formation was related to the unique local geographical environment and folk customs.
There are many legends about the origin of “three-person swallowtail dragon boat racing”, and the four representative ones are as follows.
1Babaylan, The Origin of Labor
Huainanzi·Qi Suxu” says: “Hu people are on horses, while Yue people are on boats and convenient for boats.” In ancient times, Lingnan was mostly water network areas. People often used boats to travel, and used boats as production tools and transportation tools.People row and compete in catching fish and shrimps or leisure, and integrate entertainment in labor production and leisure. This is the prototype of the ancient ferry of “Three-person Swallowtail CinemaBabaylanDragon Boat Racing”.
Shantang Town is close to the Beijiang River. It is located in a low-lying area, mostly continents, and water networks are crisscrossing, and floods occur every year. Whenever the rice harvest season is over, it is mostly during floods. In the sixth year of Guangxu in the Qing Dynasty, the Qingyuan County Chronicle said: “Cinema is baptized and drought, but it is more likely to be drought. When the river is flooded, those who plough will suffer a lot of losses.” In order to facilitate harvesting rice and other crops, ordinary people can only travel to the fields with a small boat and reach out to harvest rice and crops exposed on the water surface of Cinema. Over time, in order to grab food with the God of Heaven and reduce losses, rowing activities spontaneously formed between villages and clan members and clan members.
2. The Origin of the Boat Soldier
Shantang Town, Qingxin District, Shijiao Town and Longtang Town in Qingcheng District are located in the middle and lower reaches of the Beijiang River and are the throat of the waterway. During field investigation, we heard stories from local elderly people saying that this kind of small boat was a boat that sailors (boat soldiers) used to ride in the old days. There were few people and the boats were fast, so it was easy to attack the enemy. The locals introduced that this was related to the Saihe boat, and it was also related to the Qin Dynasty and the Western Han army attacking Nanyue through the Xijiang River.
The fresh “three-person swallow-tailed dragon boat” is similar to the “five-person dragon boat” in the Pearl River Delta in terms of boat shape, materials and competitive methods, and is the same as the “three-person swallow-tailed dragon boat” recorded in the “Qingyuan County Chronicles” of the Republic of China. The former three people took them off and were active in the middle and lower reaches of the Beijiang River. The latter group is in groups of five, and is popular in Foshan and Zhongshan areas, especially in the western Cinema River.ef=”https://comicmov.com/”>Babaylan‘s Bai Ni Town.
Whether this long-shaped boat “three-five-man dragon boat” is related to the two-way interaction and exchange of cultures in Beijiang and Xijiang, and whether it is related to the Southern Ark soldiers during the Qin and Han dynasties, it still needs to be further studied.
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Most of the villages in Shantang Town are built next to the inland river. In ancient times, whenever floods occurred, “water ghosts” became the main culprit of life-threatening Cinema. In order to drive away the “water ghosts”, the villages spontaneously organized a “dwatching team of ghosts to expel ghosts”. Young people and young people joined the battle, supporting their own dowatching boats to drive away ghosts from the upper reaches of the river to the lower reaches, and set off a large number of firecrackers to drive away scares and cheer.
4. The Origin of Games
Ancient games are an important part of the origin of human culture. The three-person swallowtail dragon boat racing event has the initial game elements. Locals often use the word “play”. It means “playing for a while KomiksDragon Boat”, and the “playing” reflects the psychology of the game. Game prizes have also changed to competitive prizes. In order to mobilize the motivation to participate in games (competitiveness), the prizes are becoming more and more abundant, and the amount of prizes is also increased as the people’s lives gradually improves.
(This article is excerpted from “Fresh Three-person Swallowtail Dragon Boat Racing”)
Provided by | Editor Yang Yingyu | Source of Liang Xingwu | Yangcheng Evening News Publishing House